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    The surname Berkshire

    A surname, carried by 1,190 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B626

    Berkshire: #21,842 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Berkshire #21,842, 1,190 people Berkshire: #21,842 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Berkshire #21,842, 1,190 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berkshire is more common than 86.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,190 people named Berkshire in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,450 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,139.

    #21,842
    rank among US surnames
    1,190
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,406)

    Who is named Berkshire

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Berkshire identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Berkshire

    Berkshire has the Soundex code B626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B626.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Berkshire?
    1,190 people in the United States had the surname Berkshire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,450 Americans. It ranked 21,842nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Berkshire?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Berkshire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Berkshire getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,139 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,190 in 2010, up 4.5%.